Best in Show at the Art League!
I’m thrilled to announce that my Taste of Summer quilt won Best of Show at the Art League April Exhibit! I’m pleased with the honor, especially because the Art League is primarily a fine art venue that shows paintings, photography, and sculpture. The show will be in person at the Art League Gallery in…
Cut Up That Quilt Top
Sometimes it just doesn’t work. I love creating improvisationally without a pattern or templates, but I’m the first to admit that the process isn’t foolproof. That composition just doesn’t hang together right, or the colors don’t mesh like you thought they would, or the lines and shapes just aren’t interesting. It happens to everyone. So…
Thoughts on QuiltCon 2020
I’m just back from a great weekend at QuiltCon 2020 in Austin, TX. I’d never been to Austin, but I’d heard great things about it, and it didn’t disappoint! You can eat yummy tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner there–which I did and it was great fun. There was amazing energy in the convention…
Thoughts on QuiltCon 2019
I’m just back from three days at QuiltCon in Nashville, TN. What a whirlwind! It was a soggy, rainy weekend in the Music City, but as my mom says–it wasn’t raining inside! There was so much energy in the quilts and in the visitors it was contagious. QuiltCon is the annual convention put on by the…
“Kaleidoscope” Revealed
I got the dreaded “no thank you” email recently from Quilt National, so I can share my new Kaleidoscope quilt with you now. Quilt National is one of the most prestigious art quilt shows and it’s quite competitive to get into. Hundreds of entries pour in every two years when the call for entry goes…
I’m a Poster Girl!
I’m so excited to announce that my work has been chosen as the feature art for the poster and T-shirt for the Downtown Art Festival in Gainesville, FL this December! (Note: updated with a better image of the poster.) I got the call from the show director earlier this year, but I wanted to wait…
Next Stop, Oregon!
It’s been a busy few weeks as I get ready to leave for two shows across the country in Oregon. I’ll be an exhibiting artist at Art in the High Desert this weekend, August 25-27, in Bend, OR and at the Art in the Pearl show Labor Day weekend, September 2-5, in Portland. I’ve done…
Two Fat Emails – Houston Faculty and Artful Home!
I got two “fat emails” recently–one offering me a contract to teach at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in November, and the other a jury acceptance as an Artful Home artist! I’m beyond excited about this! I’ll be teaching two classes at Houston in 2017. One is my “Take the Fear out of Curved…
All Set at the One of A Kind Show in Chicago!
I’m all set up for the One of A Kind Show this weekend! The show starts tomorrow–Thursday, December 1 and runs through Sunday, December 4. I’m in my usual booth–#3063. I always enjoy setup days–even though they are usually long and tiring. It’s fun to hear the hammering and clanging as the booths take shape.…